{"product_id":"thirty-years-a-dresser-dennis-milam-bensie-9781736282236","title":"Thirty Years a Dresser","description":"\u003cp\u003eDennis Milam Bensie sees himself as way more Thelma Ritter in Mankiewicz's All About Eve than Tom Courtney in Ronald Harwood's harrowing play and movie, The Dresser.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWatching \u003cem\u003eThe Tony Awards\u003c\/em\u003e as a teenager in the early 1980s, Bensie knew he wanted to be in theater. He was his own dresser for plays in high school when he learned a career as an actor wasn't for him. Costumes became his calling, at first in summer stock and gradually with union houses, wherever he could find work.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA theatrical dresser is expected to be a nurse, psychologist, tailor, personal shopper, magician, bodyguard, maid, scout, and confidant.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThirty Years a Dresser\u003c\/em\u003e is Bensie's third memoir, after \u003cem\u003eShorn: Toys to Men\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eOne Gay American\u003c\/em\u003e. His stories involve behind-the-scenes dish and drama during a wide range of productions: from \u003cem\u003eMetamorphoses\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Light in the Piazza\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eRomy and Michele's High School Reunion--The Musical\u003c\/em\u003e to \u003cem\u003eThe Sound of Music\u003c\/em\u003e (three times). The author's backstage stories feature such stars as Lynn Redgrave, Rosie O'Donnell, Freddy Kruger's mother, and a Tony Award winner who shall remain nameless.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Dennis Milam Bensie\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1736282239\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781736282236\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dennis Milam Bensie\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.79lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.55d","brand":"Dennis Milam Bensie","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44049626497279,"sku":"9781736282236","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_cdb8ae60-3dc9-4ff0-ab01-f3a59197904d.jpg?v=1685002600","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/thirty-years-a-dresser-dennis-milam-bensie-9781736282236","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}